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Okay, we are rolling again.

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Where are we? We're at the mercy of a
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Where are are we, Mac?

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We're here at the Mercy of a

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Fourteen-Year-Old.

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Well we're floating out on

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this lake and Gary is in the back

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and he is as

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he is paddling he is

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telling me something about how to

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steer the canoe but I am not

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listening very carefully because I

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am so concerned that things are

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going to tip over in a minute that

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I'm mostly

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petrified in the front seat doing

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a little paddling so

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that he thinks I'm working.

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We move out to a spot where he

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says there should be fish here.

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Well, jeez, I didn't realize that.

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Well, he said, well, we're here to

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fish. I said, I see the fishbowls,

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but yeah, you're sure you can fish

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out of a canoe?

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Well, of course you got to fish out

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a canoe. So we started throwing our

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lines out.

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something hit my lure like

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wham!

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And I thought, oh my

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gosh, what do I do now?

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Try to land? You can't land a fish

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in a canoe, for heaven's sake.

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Surely it'll tip over.

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Turning the crank and

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the fish is coming in,

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and Gary in the back, he's all

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excited, you got one on, it looks

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like a good one, I said, it feels

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like a good one and I brought it

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here, and I pull it alongside,

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and it is, it's about a 28 inch

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northern, I mean it's a big

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northern, I say to Gary, what am I

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going to do with this?

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Gary said, don't pull the boat,

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don t pull the canoe.

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I said what are we going to do?

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He says, I will paddle the shore, So

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we carefully paddled ashore.

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He got out. Took the fish off the

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hook, put it on the stringer,

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we're back in, and we went back out

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into the

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lake.

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And as we went along, I said, this

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is kind of a neat deal, isn't it?

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He said, well, of course it is.

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I said it's easy to paddle?

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He said sure.

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And it's not hard to learn how to

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steer this thing sitting in the

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back, and we'll let you practice

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that tomorrow, which I did.

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So that went back to Madison,

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we caught a few fish.

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I had a whole new idea about

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canoeing.

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I said to Ruth, what would you

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think, my wife, what you think

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if I bought, why would you want a

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canoe when you've got a boat?

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I said, well a canoe is kind of neat

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and the kids might, we had three

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kids, they might like it

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too. And she said, I think your dad

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thinks they're not safe.

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I've heard him say that too, I said.

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So I bought exactly

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the same canoe that I had practice

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with up north,

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a 17 foot Aluminum

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And by that time we owned our farm

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and we had a good size pond

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on it.

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And I took the canoe down to the

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pond and I don't know

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what the kids were, maybe eight,

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nine and 10, something like that,

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10, 11, 12.

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And I said, now you guys can

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go out here and canoe anytime you

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want, but you've

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got to wear a life vest.

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in the canoe, I want to tell you

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something about how to operate this

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thing.

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And I showed them how to paddle.

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And then I said, now I want each one

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of you to take the canoe by yourself

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out in the middle of the pond

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and see if you can tip it over.

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So you know what the

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characteristics of the canoe are,

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and by golly, they had a stand

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on the side to tip the canoe over,

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of course, which

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I would so much want

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my dad to see.

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But he wasn't there.

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And the only problem was

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one day Steve, the photographer in

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the family, decided to

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go out to photograph some pond

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lilies.

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back of the canoe without

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any weight in the front, the front

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ends up pretty high and

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you shifted the center of gravity to

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a dangerous place, especially

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if you are leaning over the side

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trying to photograph a pond lily.

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So he tipped over.

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And soaked his camera,

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which was not a good thing.

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But he also learned to never do

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that again.

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That's the only time that anybody

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tipped over. Well, another day,

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the kids now were having a lot of

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fun canoeing.

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They'd go out there singly or

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together.

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And Susie and, I don't know,

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maybe it was Jeff or a younger

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brother, they were out in the middle

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of the pond,

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and lo and behold, a little

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snake comes crawling around

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across the Susie lets out

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a blood-curdling scream, of course.

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They did not realize that a

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nest of garter snakes had

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found itself in the

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one end of the canoe.

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And so they had a boat full

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of little snakes,

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varying in sizes from a foot long,

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I suppose, to a little longer than

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that. And so what are you gonna do

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with a bunch of snakes when you're

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out in the middle of the boat,

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of the pond, and you

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don't particularly like snakes

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anyway?

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So Jeff, bless him,

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he knew what to do.

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He took the paddle, he's flipping

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snakes out into the water.

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And so that's what they did.

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They got rid of all the

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snakes.

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So over the years, that

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canoe has, we've

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done many, many canoe trips with

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it. It looks like it's been through

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the war. It's all scratched up and

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dented up and bent.

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Still doesn't leak, not a

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hole in it.

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And we still have it, hangs up in

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the shed. I haven't been in it for

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years, but it.

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Has a lot of memories.

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And I then had to

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confront my father.

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You don't confront your father

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generally.

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But there are times when it's

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necessary to point out

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to someone who has the power

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in the family that he was

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wrong.

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And I said, Pa,

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canoes are safe.

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He said, are you sure?

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I said yes, I am.

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And we never talked about it again.

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In your canoe adventures, did you

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think about the fact that

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the Indians traveled everywhere

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by canoes?

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the boundary waters, I will tell you

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that.

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let's talk about those kids and

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their showers.

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Well, we bought our farm

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50 years ago now,

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in 1966,

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and there was a

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well there, an old-fashioned

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pump in the well,

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and that's all the water there was.

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The house had burned,

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and we were trying to turn the

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granary into a cabin, but

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there was no indoor plumbing, there

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was no running water in the house,

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the only source of water we had.

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Was this well.

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We did have electricity that we'd

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put in, and we had

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an electric pump jack that

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moved the pump rods

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up and down, so we had water, but

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not very much water.

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course, to the house.

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The kids were a

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little bit skittish now as they were

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getting older about bathing in

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a big old wash tub.

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In fact they hardly fit anymore.

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And I don't know where I came up

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with the idea but I

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thought maybe we could figure out

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a way of making an outdoor

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shower.

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That would be kind of interesting.

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Well how are you going to make an

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outdoor show?

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I thought about that.

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My neighbor at the time in

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Madison ran a hardware store,

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Ellis Hardware. I said more

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I want you to help me with something

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I'm thinking about." He said, now

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what are you trying to make?

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I said, I'm trying to an outdoor

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shower. He said I don't think

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there's such a thing possible to

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make. I said here's the idea.

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Let's start with a 14-quart

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pail. You got some of those around

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here? Yes, I do.

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Well, I'll tell you what, you take,

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and he was pretty clever.

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I said you cut a hole in the bottom

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of this, you mean ruin a good pail?

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No, you're not gonna ruin it.

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Cut a hole on the bottom on this

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14-court pail, And then I

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want you to put about a

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foot or so of garden

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hose, fasten that

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in there so that it doesn't leak.

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You know how to do that.

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I don't." He said, yes, I can do

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that, and I said, the other end of

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the garden hose put a

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little garden sprinkler thing,

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the kind that you would have on a,

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if you're going to sprinkle your

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lawn or your flowers, attach

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that to the other.

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He said.

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What are you working on?

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I said I am making a shower.

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He said, you're all right.

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But it was.

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So I now go back to the farm with

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my pail with the

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hose coming out of the bottom and

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the spigot on the bottom,

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the things used to water

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the flowers and stuff, had a little

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schnauzle on it so you could turn it

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off and on, which is very

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important.

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So then the kids and

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I went down in the woods and we cut

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three long poles,

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locust tree poles, brought them

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up.

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We set them up as a tripod about

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eight feet high.

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Wired the haywire at the top

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together, set it up as a tripod, and

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then I put a little pulley up

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in the end, and I ran a

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little rope, a clothesline rope, up

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through that pulley and down to

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the handle on this pail,

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and you could pull

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up the pail and I put

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a nail in

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one of the legs

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of the tripod so you could wrap the

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rope around that.

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So you lower the pails, fill it with

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water, pull it back up,

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tie it around there, Crawl under

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there. Stand under it,

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turn a little spigot, and there you

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had a shower.

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I mean pretty pretty ingenious

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wouldn't you say.

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So how do you do that then?

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How do you not freeze to death

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because the water coming out of the

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pumps about I don't know 50 degrees

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or 45 something like that.

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So we would warm up some water on a

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cook stove, we had a wood cook stove

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with a teakettle, warm up the water

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there, put some cold water in the

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pail, put some hot water in it

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so it's just nice, Pull it up, crawl

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under there. Well then, Susie

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and my wife said, well,

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geez, we're not gonna take a shower

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standing out here in the buff in the

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open. You're gonna have to put

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something around that thing.

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I said, why? There's nobody around.

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Well, you guys are all around.

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So I've wrapped the canvas around

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the thing and

335
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now it's complete.

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Interestingly enough,

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I said, if

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you're going to take a shower now,

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there's got to be at least three

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showers for every pail.

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They said, what?

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I try it and see, and it

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works. You don't need a whole lot of

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water to take shower.

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I was keenly interested at

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that time to helping the kids

347
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understand that water is pretty

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darn precious.

349
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And I grew up without very much

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water, and I thought it'd be

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interesting for them to realize

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that, yeah.

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You can take a shower with not

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very much water.

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Then I struck the most

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wonderful thing idea I'd come

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up with in a very long time

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was an incentive for doing

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good work that was different than

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a 50 cents.

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And I said, if you work hard

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today in the garden, you

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will be eligible for a whole

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pail shower.

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Wonderful, I mean, I did not

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think that would be so well

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accepted. But they work so hard.

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To get an opportunity to have the

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whole pail shower.

370
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And that's still the big joke of the

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family. Have you done enough to

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earn a whole pails shower yet?

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I still have the pail hanging

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up in the shed.

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And every time we look at it,

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the kids and I, and they're scarcely

377
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kids anymore, they will

378
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recall when

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dad put up the

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pails shower and we

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worked hard to have a whole pale

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shower.

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People at the age 12, that's why I

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just love that story.

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Oh

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They just stuck some kind of

387
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cord with them, I don't know.

388
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I mean, I don't know where I came

389
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up with the dumb idea, but it sure

390
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paid off, and for

391
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years that's what we had.

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I couldn't afford to put a well in

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to have a decent system,

394
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and I tell you

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the truth, I'm happy that we didn't,

396
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because, and this may sound cruel,

397
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but I really wanted my kids to

398
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experience something, some of what I

399
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did.

400
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And we cooked on a wood stove,

401
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wood stove heated to place,

402
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we had to carry the water, We

403
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had to be careful how much we used.

404
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And so on.

405
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And did they like going to the fire

406
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room?

407
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They did. They loved it.

408
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They did, they loved going to the

409
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farm.

410
00:12:29,710 --> 00:12:31,489
They have more farm stories to tell

411
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than you could ever imagine.

412
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And I started keeping a

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journal in 1960,

414
00:12:38,750 --> 00:12:40,689
I kept it before that, but a special

415
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journal for the farm in 66.

416
00:12:42,370 --> 00:12:44,369
I have 50 years of journal entries

417
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that tell you about all

418
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the stuff the kids have done.

419
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And as they've grown up and

420
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have now had their kids try

421
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experience what they did.

422
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One of the things they want me to

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do, I may do it, is to

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reconstruct the whole pale shower

425
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so that the grandkids and now the

426
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great grandkids can experience

427
00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:06,720
it.

428
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We'll go down there tomorrow morning

429
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and do that.

430
00:13:09,220 --> 00:13:10,220
Eww!

431
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If you can get through the boundary

432
00:13:12,940 --> 00:13:14,559
waters, you can have a whole pale

433
00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:15,009
shower.

434
00:13:15,010 --> 00:13:16,630
Hand me my book, please.

435
00:13:24,830 --> 00:13:26,709
There's a very special

436
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place in northern Minnesota

437
00:13:28,850 --> 00:13:30,789
where

438
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my kids and I have

439
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one time or another gone for 25

440
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years, and that's the Boundary

441
00:13:36,710 --> 00:13:37,889
Waters.

442
00:13:37,890 --> 00:13:39,929
It is a million acres

443
00:13:39,930 --> 00:13:42,049
of pristine lakes

444
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and forests,

445
00:13:44,590 --> 00:13:46,689
Minnesota right against the Canadian

446
00:13:46,690 --> 00:13:48,629
border. It is a

447
00:13:48,630 --> 00:13:50,709
place where there are

448
00:13:50,710 --> 00:13:53,369
bear and wolves that howl.

449
00:13:53,370 --> 00:13:55,449
There, it's a place where

450
00:13:55,450 --> 00:13:57,889
there is no sound

451
00:13:57,890 --> 00:14:00,289
pollution, there's no

452
00:14:00,290 --> 00:14:02,249
light pollution, it's

453
00:14:02,250 --> 00:14:04,529
place where it's quiet,

454
00:14:04,530 --> 00:14:06,669
it is a place for contemplation,

455
00:14:06,670 --> 00:14:08,629
it a place to discover who you

456
00:14:08,630 --> 00:14:10,509
are, it's the place to get in touch

457
00:14:10,510 --> 00:14:12,989
with nature in a way that,

458
00:14:12,990 --> 00:14:15,169
well, my farm comes close,

459
00:14:15,170 --> 00:14:17,929
but that's such a special place.

460
00:14:17,930 --> 00:14:19,729
At one time we were up there and we

461
00:14:19,730 --> 00:14:22,179
stopped at a at a resort before

462
00:14:22,180 --> 00:14:25,059
paddling in, and Steve said,

463
00:14:25,060 --> 00:14:27,119
well, do you have cell phone

464
00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:29,039
connection? I need to call back at

465
00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:30,019
the office.

466
00:14:30,020 --> 00:14:31,259
And the person said, well, of course

467
00:14:31,260 --> 00:14:32,879
we have cell-phone connection.

468
00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:34,319
It's a wonderful connection.

469
00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:36,359
You drive 20 miles down

470
00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:38,419
this road, and you'll see a gravel

471
00:14:38,420 --> 00:14:40,339
pit there. You turn left, go up

472
00:14:40,340 --> 00:14:42,339
the top of the hill, and point

473
00:14:42,340 --> 00:14:44,419
your phone to the east,

474
00:14:44,420 --> 00:14:46,599
or point your to the west, and

475
00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,499
it's a pretty good connection.

476
00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:49,319
You'll get one bar if the weather's

477
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right.

478
00:14:51,390 --> 00:14:53,509
Well, I say that facetiously because

479
00:14:53,510 --> 00:14:55,709
that's on purpose,

480
00:14:55,710 --> 00:14:57,769
that it's a place where there's

481
00:14:57,770 --> 00:14:59,629
not that kind of interruption.

482
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And so we have these wonderful

483
00:15:02,170 --> 00:15:04,129
memories of going

484
00:15:04,130 --> 00:15:06,949
up there. Steve and I, for 25 years,

485
00:15:06,950 --> 00:15:08,829
Susie and Jeff less

486
00:15:08,830 --> 00:15:10,749
so, I find I've written a whole book

487
00:15:10,750 --> 00:15:13,649
about our experiences up there,

488
00:15:13,650 --> 00:15:15,709
to help people realize that

489
00:15:15,710 --> 00:15:16,710
sometimes,

490
00:15:17,610 --> 00:15:19,469
I firmly believe this, It's

491
00:15:19,470 --> 00:15:21,789
necessary for each one of us.

492
00:15:21,790 --> 00:15:23,689
To get away from all of the

493
00:15:23,690 --> 00:15:25,749
electronic stuff that

494
00:15:25,750 --> 00:15:27,589
dictates who we are these days

495
00:15:27,590 --> 00:15:29,429
and go to a place like the

496
00:15:29,430 --> 00:15:31,029
Boundary Waters where there's not

497
00:15:31,030 --> 00:15:33,089
even one bar on your cell

498
00:15:33,090 --> 00:15:34,949
phone and rediscover who

499
00:15:34,950 --> 00:15:36,189
you are.

500
00:15:36,190 --> 00:15:38,389
Sounds a little philosophical.

501
00:15:38,390 --> 00:15:40,349
Maybe it is, but that's one

502
00:15:40,350 --> 00:15:42,529
of the reasons that I have

503
00:15:42,530 --> 00:15:44,649
gone there all these years.

504
00:15:44,650 --> 00:15:47,569
We stay in a tent on

505
00:15:47,570 --> 00:15:50,569
the of a leaf and

506
00:15:50,570 --> 00:15:51,849
we...

507
00:15:51,850 --> 00:15:53,789
So much enjoy

508
00:15:53,790 --> 00:15:55,729
any rainstorm

509
00:15:55,730 --> 00:15:56,949
that comes by.

510
00:15:56,950 --> 00:15:58,249
They scare the bejeebers out of us

511
00:15:58,250 --> 00:15:59,909
sometimes because the fierce storms

512
00:15:59,910 --> 00:16:02,229
come rolling out of Canada.

513
00:16:02,230 --> 00:16:04,009
But to be in a tent at night with

514
00:16:04,010 --> 00:16:06,009
the rain dribbling on the

515
00:16:06,010 --> 00:16:07,989
canvas takes me

516
00:16:07,990 --> 00:16:09,749
back to when I first experienced

517
00:16:09,750 --> 00:16:11,529
that. I was in the army, a little

518
00:16:11,530 --> 00:16:12,929
side story.

519
00:16:12,930 --> 00:16:14,929
And we were on bivouac, meaning

520
00:16:14,930 --> 00:16:18,309
we were out And my,

521
00:16:18,310 --> 00:16:19,310
my, uh,

522
00:16:21,290 --> 00:16:23,209
Pup tent mate was from New York

523
00:16:23,210 --> 00:16:24,730
City and it was raining.

524
00:16:25,770 --> 00:16:27,349
It started to rain.

525
00:16:27,350 --> 00:16:29,229
And he says, what's that noise?

526
00:16:29,230 --> 00:16:30,269
I said, that's rain.

527
00:16:30,270 --> 00:16:31,469
Oh my gosh, he says.

528
00:16:31,470 --> 00:16:32,849
Are we gonna be drowned?

529
00:16:32,850 --> 00:16:34,009
No, we're not being drowned.

530
00:16:34,010 --> 00:16:35,329
This is dangerous, he said.

531
00:16:35,330 --> 00:16:36,549
There might be lightning.

532
00:16:36,550 --> 00:16:38,489
I mean, this poor kid was beside

533
00:16:38,490 --> 00:16:40,469
himself. He spent the night

534
00:16:40,470 --> 00:16:42,549
sitting in front of the pup tent,

535
00:16:42,550 --> 00:16:43,589
holding his rifle.

536
00:16:43,590 --> 00:16:44,929
Thankfully, nobody gave us any

537
00:16:44,930 --> 00:16:46,149
bullets.

538
00:16:46,150 --> 00:16:47,949
He sat there with his rifle, I don't

539
00:16:47,950 --> 00:16:48,829
know what he's gonna do with his
rifles

540
00:16:48,830 --> 00:16:49,929
against the rainstorm.

541
00:16:49,930 --> 00:16:51,909
But I said, go back to

542
00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:53,889
sleep. I love the

543
00:16:53,890 --> 00:16:55,949
sound of rain on canvas.

544
00:16:55,950 --> 00:16:58,969
I mean, it's just wonderful.

545
00:16:58,970 --> 00:17:01,189
He wasn't so sure about

546
00:17:01,190 --> 00:17:01,989
that.

547
00:17:01,990 --> 00:17:03,409
So the Boundary Waters is a place

548
00:17:03,410 --> 00:17:04,429
where we do that.

549
00:17:04,430 --> 00:17:05,749
And one of the things that I do at

550
00:17:05,750 --> 00:17:08,149
the Boudary Waters is keep a

551
00:17:08,150 --> 00:17:10,169
journal of

552
00:17:10,170 --> 00:17:11,209
our adventures there.

553
00:17:11,210 --> 00:17:13,088
And I want to read just a couple

554
00:17:13,089 --> 00:17:14,969
of entries to

555
00:17:14,970 --> 00:17:16,929
give you some flavor for that.

556
00:17:16,930 --> 00:17:18,809
And, for

557
00:17:18,810 --> 00:17:19,828
instance, people...

558
00:17:19,829 --> 00:17:21,909
This is not in my

559
00:17:21,910 --> 00:17:23,749
journal, but people often ask

560
00:17:23,750 --> 00:17:25,848
me, my colleagues at the university,

561
00:17:25,849 --> 00:17:27,929
they say, why do you do

562
00:17:27,930 --> 00:17:29,649
that?

563
00:17:29,650 --> 00:17:31,369
And why do go there?

564
00:17:31,370 --> 00:17:33,349
And facetiously, I say, I

565
00:17:33,350 --> 00:17:35,289
need to hear the call

566
00:17:35,290 --> 00:17:37,329
of the loon to get through

567
00:17:37,330 --> 00:17:39,269
another year. And I think, oh, jeez,

568
00:17:39,270 --> 00:17:40,270
what is with this guy?

569
00:17:41,230 --> 00:17:42,630
And someplace I wrote,

570
00:17:43,790 --> 00:17:45,849
it's good for one's soul to

571
00:17:45,850 --> 00:17:47,949
spend some time each year

572
00:17:47,950 --> 00:17:49,349
in the boundary waters.

573
00:17:50,410 --> 00:17:52,309
And everybody should spend a

574
00:17:52,310 --> 00:17:54,609
little time cultivating

575
00:17:54,610 --> 00:17:55,610
their soul.

576
00:17:56,650 --> 00:17:58,369
That lost two thirds of the people

577
00:17:58,370 --> 00:18:00,209
who were listening to me, but

578
00:18:00,210 --> 00:18:01,209
I still say it.

579
00:18:01,210 --> 00:18:03,129
Here's an entry from the

580
00:18:03,130 --> 00:18:05,950
17th of August in 1984.

581
00:18:07,530 --> 00:18:09,209
Supper time tonight was dried hash

582
00:18:09,210 --> 00:18:11,529
brown potato summer sausage and

583
00:18:11,530 --> 00:18:12,749
dried apple sauce.

584
00:18:12,750 --> 00:18:14,749
I paid a dollar ninety five

585
00:18:14,750 --> 00:18:16,369
cents for the apple sauce and it was

586
00:18:16,370 --> 00:18:17,509
terrible.

587
00:18:17,510 --> 00:18:18,929
The worst.

588
00:18:18,930 --> 00:18:20,809
After supper, Jeff and I took the

589
00:18:20,810 --> 00:18:22,269
canoe out on the lake for a couple

590
00:18:22,270 --> 00:18:24,109
of hours of fishing,

591
00:18:24,110 --> 00:18:25,449
but we hurried back when we heard

592
00:18:25,450 --> 00:18:26,889
thunder.

593
00:18:26,890 --> 00:18:28,729
Now back in camp,

594
00:18:28,730 --> 00:18:30,849
Jeff is writing in his journal

595
00:18:30,850 --> 00:18:33,449
and Steve is building a campfire.

596
00:18:33,450 --> 00:18:35,869
The thunder is coming closer.

597
00:18:35,870 --> 00:18:37,409
What a beautiful place, from the

598
00:18:37,410 --> 00:18:39,409
loon calls echoing across the

599
00:18:39,410 --> 00:18:41,349
lake to the magnificent

600
00:18:41,350 --> 00:18:43,249
furs and white pines in

601
00:18:43,250 --> 00:18:45,569
blue-green water of the lake.

602
00:18:45,570 --> 00:18:47,869
The boys are excellent campers.

603
00:18:47,870 --> 00:18:49,569
Willing to share in toting wood

604
00:18:49,570 --> 00:18:51,889
carrying water from the lake and

605
00:18:51,890 --> 00:18:54,929
not grumbling at this washing time.

606
00:18:54,930 --> 00:18:56,849
The two of them take turns portaging

607
00:18:56,850 --> 00:18:58,849
the canoe by camping in one

608
00:18:58,850 --> 00:19:00,689
place and then making day trips from

609
00:19:00,690 --> 00:19:02,629
our permanent campsite.

610
00:19:02,630 --> 00:19:04,189
The portage loads aside from the

611
00:19:04,190 --> 00:19:06,369
heavy 17 foot Grumman

612
00:19:06,370 --> 00:19:07,930
canoe are light.

613
00:19:09,030 --> 00:19:11,349
The campfire is snapping and

614
00:19:11,350 --> 00:19:13,329
crackling as the thunder booms

615
00:19:13,330 --> 00:19:14,330
in the background.

616
00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:17,539
Very quickly it has become too dark

617
00:19:17,540 --> 00:19:19,379
to write, but I

618
00:19:19,380 --> 00:19:21,059
must take time to jot down a few

619
00:19:21,060 --> 00:19:22,919
lines about my

620
00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,499
feelings about being here

621
00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:27,479
in the Boundary Waters at

622
00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:29,419
this isolated campsite

623
00:19:29,420 --> 00:19:31,919
on a beautiful lake.

624
00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,119
First of all,

625
00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:35,839
it gives me a chance to be alone

626
00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,079
with my two sons without

627
00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:39,819
any interruption.

628
00:19:39,820 --> 00:19:41,219
Everyone's life is full of

629
00:19:41,220 --> 00:19:42,939
interruptions these days.

630
00:19:42,940 --> 00:19:43,940
Secondly...

631
00:19:44,590 --> 00:19:47,628
It is the sheer beauty of the place.

632
00:19:47,629 --> 00:19:49,809
Tonight, thunder rumbles

633
00:19:49,810 --> 00:19:52,849
in concert with the loon calls.

634
00:19:52,850 --> 00:19:54,469
A most interesting set of

635
00:19:54,470 --> 00:19:56,309
contrasting sounds, both

636
00:19:56,310 --> 00:19:58,969
so old and primitive

637
00:19:58,970 --> 00:20:00,969
that it's difficult to imagine

638
00:20:00,970 --> 00:20:03,269
their beginnings.

639
00:20:03,270 --> 00:20:05,129
And as we sit around the campfire,

640
00:20:05,130 --> 00:20:07,409
my sons and I would reflect

641
00:20:07,410 --> 00:20:09,269
on what this place was like

642
00:20:09,270 --> 00:20:11,289
100 years ago.

643
00:20:11,290 --> 00:20:13,169
When the voyagers with their

644
00:20:13,170 --> 00:20:14,999
canoes came through

645
00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,359
here, back and forth,

646
00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:19,199
carrying furs, camping

647
00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,099
on these lakes, sitting by

648
00:20:21,100 --> 00:20:22,999
campfires just as we were sitting.

649
00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,739
And I said to myself, what do you

650
00:20:24,740 --> 00:20:27,219
think they were talking about when

651
00:20:27,220 --> 00:20:29,439
they sat around the campfire?

652
00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:31,259
Did they talk about balloons?

653
00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:34,099
Did they think about the beauty of

654
00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:36,279
the area? We don't know that.

655
00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:38,379
But we can, we can guess that they

656
00:20:38,380 --> 00:20:39,380
might,

657
00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,319
and to realize how old this place

658
00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:43,499
is.

659
00:20:43,500 --> 00:20:45,059
Thousands of years old these

660
00:20:45,060 --> 00:20:46,639
boundary waters these lakes that

661
00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:48,679
have been formed and their beauty

662
00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,599
has been that way for year

663
00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,419
after year seen by so

664
00:20:52,420 --> 00:20:54,339
many so few people really when

665
00:20:54,340 --> 00:20:55,599
you think about it the French

666
00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,459
explorers of course through here the

667
00:20:57,460 --> 00:20:59,299
voyagers as i mentioned and

668
00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:00,719
then the canoeists who come there

669
00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,799
now and

670
00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,299
then on saturday august 18th

671
00:21:05,300 --> 00:21:07,719
i wrote we're on loon lake

672
00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,039
We're up at 630.

673
00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:11,999
Last night the storm clouds that

674
00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,719
darkened the sky and thunder that

675
00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,799
grumbled and rumbled presented

676
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,759
us with only light rain as

677
00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:19,619
we crawled into our tent.

678
00:21:21,500 --> 00:21:23,379
The rain turned into a dawn

679
00:21:23,380 --> 00:21:25,459
pour, waking us up to check

680
00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:26,959
the tent windows.

681
00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:28,919
We soon fell fast asleep to

682
00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:30,919
the steady pounding of rain on the

683
00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,179
tent canvas, an altogether

684
00:21:33,180 --> 00:21:35,679
pleasant sound.

685
00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:37,639
And then in 1991,

686
00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:38,640
in July, I wrote...

687
00:21:39,780 --> 00:21:41,399
Steve and I just finished the

688
00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,359
breakfast of pancakes, the shake and

689
00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:45,239
bake type, which really hit

690
00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:46,659
the spot.

691
00:21:46,660 --> 00:21:48,479
A light breeze from the southwest is

692
00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,099
keeping the mosquitoes away from our

693
00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:52,099
campsite, which is a rocky

694
00:21:52,100 --> 00:21:54,439
outcropping facing west.

695
00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:55,669
Yesterday.

696
00:21:55,670 --> 00:21:58,009
A fierce wind blew all day,

697
00:21:58,010 --> 00:21:59,529
spreading white caps across the

698
00:21:59,530 --> 00:22:02,169
lake. We remained in camp,

699
00:22:02,170 --> 00:22:04,109
patiently waiting for the wind to

700
00:22:04,110 --> 00:22:06,389
subside, but it never did.

701
00:22:06,390 --> 00:22:08,449
Around mid-afternoon, we tried to

702
00:22:08,450 --> 00:22:10,549
launch the canoe for some fishing,

703
00:22:10,550 --> 00:22:11,969
but we failed.

704
00:22:11,970 --> 00:22:14,109
We couldn't push off without waves

705
00:22:14,110 --> 00:22:16,549
washing over the sides of the canoe.

706
00:22:16,550 --> 00:22:18,429
At one point in our effort, after

707
00:22:18,430 --> 00:22:20,309
a huge wave hit Steve's

708
00:22:20,310 --> 00:22:22,409
backside, he yelled, Abandon

709
00:22:22,410 --> 00:22:24,229
ship! As he scampered out of the

710
00:22:24,230 --> 00:22:26,749
canoe onto the nearby rocks.

711
00:22:26,750 --> 00:22:28,449
In the early evening, the wind began

712
00:22:28,450 --> 00:22:30,469
subsiding, and the waves

713
00:22:30,470 --> 00:22:32,669
turned into a light chop.

714
00:22:32,670 --> 00:22:34,609
We launched the canoe and paddled a

715
00:22:34,610 --> 00:22:36,329
mile or two up the north shore of

716
00:22:36,330 --> 00:22:37,330
the lake,

717
00:22:38,490 --> 00:22:40,609
fishing, but we caught no

718
00:22:40,610 --> 00:22:41,529
fish.

719
00:22:41,530 --> 00:22:43,069
The wind continued howling all

720
00:22:43,070 --> 00:22:44,789
night, splashing waves against the

721
00:22:44,790 --> 00:22:47,209
rocks below our campsite.

722
00:22:47,210 --> 00:22:49,969
It was a great night for sleeping.

723
00:22:49,970 --> 00:22:52,239
And so the message is...

724
00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,339
And the stories are told

725
00:22:54,340 --> 00:22:56,159
over and over as

726
00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:58,039
the family comes together to

727
00:22:58,040 --> 00:22:59,679
think about the beautiful places

728
00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,399
where we have been and we've been in

729
00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,219
a lot of them but it's

730
00:23:03,220 --> 00:23:05,739
hard if you're interested in nature

731
00:23:05,740 --> 00:23:07,819
and you're interesting in wolves and

732
00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:09,759
bears and dare I

733
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,179
say it red squirrels

734
00:23:12,180 --> 00:23:13,719
people said to us what do you do

735
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:15,639
about all the bears stealing your

736
00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:17,699
food It's not the bears that

737
00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:19,039
steal our food, it's the red

738
00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:20,829
squirrels. And one of the great

739
00:23:20,830 --> 00:23:22,669
stories and pictures I have is

740
00:23:22,670 --> 00:23:24,629
Steve running through the woods with

741
00:23:24,630 --> 00:23:26,669
a rock, chasing after a

742
00:23:26,670 --> 00:23:28,249
red squirrel that has one of our

743
00:23:28,250 --> 00:23:29,729
snicker bars that's just as big as

744
00:23:29,730 --> 00:23:30,730
the squirrel.

745
00:23:31,730 --> 00:23:33,289
Somehow the red squirrels have

746
00:23:33,290 --> 00:23:34,909
developed a taste for snickerbars

747
00:23:34,910 --> 00:23:36,749
that must be brought there by the

748
00:23:36,750 --> 00:23:38,229
campers year after year.

749
00:23:38,230 --> 00:23:40,049
So we have these frivolous stories

750
00:23:40,050 --> 00:23:40,929
to tell.

751
00:23:40,930 --> 00:23:42,669
We also have these wonderful,

752
00:23:42,670 --> 00:23:44,029
wonderful stories to talk.

753
00:23:44,030 --> 00:23:46,049
One year, Steve

754
00:23:46,050 --> 00:23:48,769
invited along his friends.

755
00:23:48,770 --> 00:23:50,509
Who was a deputy sheriff in

756
00:23:50,510 --> 00:23:51,670
Sheboygan County.

757
00:23:52,990 --> 00:23:54,989
And Rick said to me before we

758
00:23:54,990 --> 00:23:56,109
left, he said, now I understand

759
00:23:56,110 --> 00:23:57,029
there are bears up there.

760
00:23:57,030 --> 00:23:58,149
I said, yeah, there are some.

761
00:23:58,150 --> 00:23:59,429
We don't see them often, but there

762
00:23:59,430 --> 00:24:01,549
are. He says, now Jerry, he says,

763
00:24:01,550 --> 00:24:03,649
now I want to show you, he

764
00:24:03,650 --> 00:24:05,649
took me aside. He said, now I got a

765
00:24:05,650 --> 00:24:06,789
.45 here.

766
00:24:06,790 --> 00:24:08,009
Should I bring the analog?

767
00:24:08,010 --> 00:24:09,629
I've got this nine millimeter

768
00:24:09,630 --> 00:24:11,309
Beretta. You'd think that would be

769
00:24:11,310 --> 00:24:13,049
better than the .45.

770
00:24:13,050 --> 00:24:14,869
I looked at them, I said leave your

771
00:24:14,870 --> 00:24:16,609
guns home. You don't need any guns.

772
00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:20,339
Rick and Steve and

773
00:24:20,340 --> 00:24:22,539
I are camping

774
00:24:22,540 --> 00:24:24,819
on the shore of this lake.

775
00:24:24,820 --> 00:24:27,339
Rick is resting in his

776
00:24:27,340 --> 00:24:29,539
tent, and I'm cooking.

777
00:24:29,540 --> 00:24:32,499
I am the world's worst cook.

778
00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:34,599
I make no bones about sharing

779
00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:35,479
that.

780
00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,439
But that evening, I

781
00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:38,879
must have been cooking something

782
00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:40,859
that was more than

783
00:24:40,860 --> 00:24:42,059
attractive.

784
00:24:42,060 --> 00:24:43,999
Steve is behind me fishing in the

785
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,459
lake. I'm cooking and

786
00:24:46,460 --> 00:24:47,579
this big...

787
00:24:49,350 --> 00:24:51,589
Bear is smelling my

788
00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:52,829
cooking.

789
00:24:52,830 --> 00:24:54,349
I can see it coming down the trail

790
00:24:54,350 --> 00:24:56,669
sniffing its way and

791
00:24:56,670 --> 00:24:58,689
I whispered to Steve I said Steve

792
00:24:58,690 --> 00:25:00,409
turn around and Steve looks around

793
00:25:00,410 --> 00:25:02,269
oh jeez and this

794
00:25:02,270 --> 00:25:04,149
bear it just keeps coming and

795
00:25:04,150 --> 00:25:05,389
Steve said what what are we going to

796
00:25:05,390 --> 00:25:07,249
do I said let's not do anything

797
00:25:07,250 --> 00:25:09,150
but I want Rick to see this.

798
00:25:11,660 --> 00:25:13,739
And I said, Rick,

799
00:25:13,740 --> 00:25:14,740
supper's ready.

800
00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:17,879
And Rick opens his

801
00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:19,759
tent, he looks out, and

802
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,479
from here about 10 feet away is this

803
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,479
black bear. Rick goes, ooh,

804
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:24,859
he's back in his tent and zips it

805
00:25:24,860 --> 00:25:25,860
up.

806
00:25:27,050 --> 00:25:29,029
Later that the bear turned around

807
00:25:29,030 --> 00:25:30,409
and ran away. I mean, we didn't see

808
00:25:30,410 --> 00:25:32,329
it again. All night long though,

809
00:25:32,330 --> 00:25:33,629
next morning I said, Rick, how'd you

810
00:25:33,630 --> 00:25:35,149
sleep? Oh jeez, I didn't sleep at

811
00:25:35,150 --> 00:25:37,049
all. He said, that bear circled my

812
00:25:37,050 --> 00:25:38,329
tent all night long.

813
00:25:38,330 --> 00:25:40,249
I heard it walking around my tent.

814
00:25:40,250 --> 00:25:41,429
I thought it was a red squirrel.

815
00:25:41,430 --> 00:25:42,329
It wasn't a red Squirrel.

816
00:25:42,330 --> 00:25:43,330
It was a bear.

817
00:25:44,050 --> 00:25:45,609
Those are the kind of stories that

818
00:25:45,610 --> 00:25:47,470
we have that are just wonderful.

819
00:25:48,650 --> 00:25:50,109
One more.

820
00:25:50,110 --> 00:25:51,929
This time Jeff and I made the

821
00:25:51,930 --> 00:25:53,969
mistake of going into the Boundary

822
00:25:53,970 --> 00:25:55,049
Waters without a map.

823
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,039
We've been there for 10-12 years,

824
00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:59,259
and I said, Jeff, we don't need a

825
00:25:59,260 --> 00:26:01,139
map. We know where we're going,

826
00:26:01,140 --> 00:26:02,179
right?

827
00:26:02,180 --> 00:26:04,099
So we are lost.

828
00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:06,159
We stopped at a, going in, we didn't

829
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:07,239
buy the map, stopped at the ranger

830
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:08,039
station, ranger's station.

831
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:09,939
I'll draw you a map on an

832
00:26:09,940 --> 00:26:11,999
envelope. Do not take a ranger map

833
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,519
on a envelope into the boundary.

834
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:14,759
There's a million acres there.

835
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:17,579
That's what I got, this ranger' map

836
00:26:17,580 --> 00:26:18,580
on envelope.

837
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,559
So Steve and I are,

838
00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,719
Steve and are, this is Jeff.

839
00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:25,159
Jeff and I are canoeing around.

840
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:26,619
We're trying to find a portage, and

841
00:26:26,620 --> 00:26:27,759
jeez, you can't find a portage.

842
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:29,299
They're hard to find anyway.

843
00:26:29,300 --> 00:26:31,339
And we're canoeing along,

844
00:26:31,340 --> 00:26:32,859
and I said, Jeff, I don't know where

845
00:26:32,860 --> 00:26:33,839
we are, and he said, I know where we

846
00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:34,939
are either. Well, just keep going.

847
00:26:34,940 --> 00:26:36,239
We might see something.

848
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,259
And we were going along, and we come

849
00:26:38,260 --> 00:26:39,839
upon an island.

850
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,779
And I said Jeff, look over

851
00:26:41,780 --> 00:26:44,119
on the island and hear four

852
00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:45,839
young women

853
00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:48,940
sunbathing in the nude.

854
00:26:50,159 --> 00:26:51,960
And Jeff was in college then, I

855
00:26:51,961 --> 00:26:53,059
said, Jeff.

856
00:26:53,060 --> 00:26:54,739
Look over, look over to the left.

857
00:26:54,740 --> 00:26:56,459
Jeff said, whoo-hoo, you got the

858
00:26:56,460 --> 00:26:57,539
binoculars dad somewhere.

859
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:00,339
I said, no you don't need binocular.

860
00:27:00,340 --> 00:27:02,179
I said now act like we know where

861
00:27:02,180 --> 00:27:04,219
we're going. So don't look, just

862
00:27:04,220 --> 00:27:05,979
paddle. So we're gone by and we're

863
00:27:05,980 --> 00:27:07,979
about, I don't know, 20, 30

864
00:27:07,980 --> 00:27:09,639
yards away. We're paddling along and

865
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,439
these women jump up and they're

866
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:12,659
holding me blanket up in front of

867
00:27:12,660 --> 00:27:14,919
themselves and we paddled by and

868
00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:16,359
Jeff did get a little high.

869
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:19,839
Son of a gun, if it was a dead end,

870
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:21,099
I'm gonna turn her on, come back!

871
00:27:22,690 --> 00:27:24,249
This time they were ticked!

872
00:27:24,250 --> 00:27:25,469
Oh, they were mad!

873
00:27:25,470 --> 00:27:26,509
Ha ha ha ha!

874
00:27:26,510 --> 00:27:27,830
I said, Jeff, we gotta pedal a

875
00:27:27,831 --> 00:27:28,831
little faster this time!

876
00:27:30,250 --> 00:27:31,329
Anyway

877
00:27:31,330 --> 00:27:32,669
Those are some Bowdoin Water

878
00:27:32,670 --> 00:27:33,670
stories.

879
00:27:35,919 --> 00:27:36,919
Oh my.

880
00:27:38,150 --> 00:27:40,049
I know we will talk

881
00:27:40,050 --> 00:27:41,609
about this in the next interview.

882
00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:45,999
What is this about being

883
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:47,919
on the water that makes

884
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:49,819
your thoughts go somewhere else?

885
00:27:49,820 --> 00:27:51,119
Is it just the isolation?

886
00:27:52,780 --> 00:27:54,739
I think it's, to me

887
00:27:54,740 --> 00:27:56,979
it's rather a mystical mystery,

888
00:27:58,100 --> 00:27:59,999
which sounds like,

889
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,059
I don't know what I'm talking about,

890
00:28:02,060 --> 00:28:03,060
which is probably true.

891
00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:06,399
It, I dunno, it's

892
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,439
something that, for me

893
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,499
it is an enormous attraction.

894
00:28:11,500 --> 00:28:12,959
Maybe it's because water was so

895
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:14,339
scarce.

896
00:28:14,340 --> 00:28:16,299
And when you come to, for when I

897
00:28:16,300 --> 00:28:18,279
grew up, and to be at a lake, oh my

898
00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:19,739
gosh, this is wonderful, look at all

899
00:28:19,740 --> 00:28:20,740
that water.

900
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,219
And in the boundary waters, we could

901
00:28:23,220 --> 00:28:25,239
dip it out of the lake and we boiled

902
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:26,519
it, of course, but it was right

903
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:27,699
there, you know, all the water you

904
00:28:27,700 --> 00:28:28,700
wanted.

905
00:28:29,700 --> 00:28:31,419
Something along those lines.

906
00:28:31,420 --> 00:28:34,459
It's also restful.

907
00:28:34,460 --> 00:28:36,639
To me, the sound of

908
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:38,799
water lapping on

909
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,299
a rocky shore in

910
00:28:41,300 --> 00:28:43,959
a rhythmic kind of way is

911
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,299
wonderful.

912
00:28:45,300 --> 00:28:47,119
It is just a

913
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:48,079
wonderful sound.

914
00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:49,959
It's similar but

915
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:51,539
different from the sound.

916
00:28:51,540 --> 00:28:53,639
Of water in a river going

917
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,339
over a rapids.

918
00:28:55,340 --> 00:28:56,739
It's a similar kind of sound.

919
00:28:56,740 --> 00:28:59,019
The interaction of rocks and water

920
00:28:59,020 --> 00:29:00,979
is really kind of

921
00:29:00,980 --> 00:29:01,759
interesting.

922
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:03,859
And then how that sound

923
00:29:03,860 --> 00:29:05,879
changes with the

924
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,799
intensity of the wind where sort of

925
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:09,759
a gentle message

926
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,879
to a shouting story

927
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:14,799
of history and

928
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:16,519
the past and all the rest of it as

929
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,419
the waves come splashing

930
00:29:18,420 --> 00:29:19,649
in. You wonder.

931
00:29:19,650 --> 00:29:21,549
How did the voyagers manage

932
00:29:21,550 --> 00:29:23,249
with their canoes when the weather

933
00:29:23,250 --> 00:29:25,089
was this rough and we're not

934
00:29:25,090 --> 00:29:27,149
able to manage with a 17-foot

935
00:29:27,150 --> 00:29:28,769
Grumman canoe that's built like a

936
00:29:28,770 --> 00:29:29,770
tank?

937
00:29:40,049 --> 00:29:41,570
I can't do it anymore,

938
00:29:42,850 --> 00:29:44,469
but we did it so many years.

939
00:29:44,470 --> 00:29:45,470
It was such fun.

940
00:29:48,970 --> 00:29:50,849
Canoes, there's something,

941
00:29:50,850 --> 00:29:52,090
I should add this to it, there is

942
00:29:52,091 --> 00:29:53,889
something special about a canoe in

943
00:29:53,890 --> 00:29:56,809
its relationship to water.

944
00:29:56,810 --> 00:29:58,729
Because it barely touches

945
00:29:58,730 --> 00:29:59,730
the surface.

946
00:30:00,710 --> 00:30:02,930
It does not interrupt the water.

947
00:30:04,050 --> 00:30:05,529
It's just barely on the surface,

948
00:30:05,530 --> 00:30:06,689
like kayaks.

949
00:30:06,690 --> 00:30:07,749
It just floats right on the

950
00:30:07,750 --> 00:30:09,649
surfaces. Different from a

951
00:30:09,650 --> 00:30:11,869
boat with a 90 horsepower engine

952
00:30:11,870 --> 00:30:13,449
on it that's tearing through the

953
00:30:13,450 --> 00:30:16,389
water and disrupting everything.

954
00:30:16,390 --> 00:30:18,249
The canoe just floats

955
00:30:18,250 --> 00:30:20,209
along the surface.

956
00:30:20,210 --> 00:30:21,949
It has an entirely different

957
00:30:21,950 --> 00:30:23,250
interaction with the water.

958
00:30:26,610 --> 00:30:28,490
Kind of peaceful and quiet.

959
00:30:32,020 --> 00:30:33,879
Which allows, one,

960
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,039
the time to reflect and

961
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:38,739
not worry about whether or not you

962
00:30:38,740 --> 00:30:40,739
can run out of gas or run over a

963
00:30:40,740 --> 00:30:43,419
stone with your fast-moving boat.

964
00:30:43,420 --> 00:30:45,259
You can't help but be anxious

965
00:30:45,260 --> 00:30:46,819
when you're tearing across the lake

966
00:30:46,820 --> 00:30:48,639
at some great

967
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,619
miles per hour when you

968
00:30:50,620 --> 00:30:51,620
are canoeing.

969
00:30:53,330 --> 00:30:54,529
It's a whole different story.

970
00:30:54,530 --> 00:30:56,329
One quick story that comes to mind

971
00:30:56,330 --> 00:30:58,429
again about the

972
00:30:58,430 --> 00:30:59,649
boundary waters and we're canoeing

973
00:30:59,650 --> 00:31:00,509
along.

974
00:31:00,510 --> 00:31:02,349
Steve and I were coming out one year

975
00:31:02,350 --> 00:31:04,309
after having been in a whole

976
00:31:04,310 --> 00:31:05,489
week and we were loaded heavy.

977
00:31:05,490 --> 00:31:08,229
We've got all our equipment in and

978
00:31:08,230 --> 00:31:09,669
Steve is in the back.

979
00:31:09,670 --> 00:31:11,729
He's steering and paddling.

980
00:31:11,730 --> 00:31:13,089
I'm in the front. I'm looking for

981
00:31:13,090 --> 00:31:14,409
stones, a lot of stones in the

982
00:31:14,410 --> 00:31:15,829
water, in the boundary water.

983
00:31:15,830 --> 00:31:18,289
And I say left

984
00:31:18,290 --> 00:31:20,409
right stone ahead.

985
00:31:20,410 --> 00:31:21,410
That's

986
00:31:22,870 --> 00:31:24,969
foggy, misty, beautiful morning,

987
00:31:24,970 --> 00:31:26,429
the sun wasn't up yet.

988
00:31:26,430 --> 00:31:28,650
And I say, Steve, stone ahead left.

989
00:31:29,810 --> 00:31:31,049
Bigger stone.

990
00:31:31,050 --> 00:31:32,470
Steve, the stone's getting bigger.

991
00:31:34,290 --> 00:31:35,529
Stop.

992
00:31:35,530 --> 00:31:36,530
It's a moose.

993
00:31:37,350 --> 00:31:39,149
There was a moos feeding on the

994
00:31:39,150 --> 00:31:41,189
bottom. The moose,

995
00:31:41,190 --> 00:31:42,989
just like some kind of a miracle,

996
00:31:42,990 --> 00:31:45,009
comes out of the water, and there's

997
00:31:45,010 --> 00:31:46,789
this whole big moose!

998
00:31:46,790 --> 00:31:48,369
And Steve says, what do I do?

999
00:31:48,370 --> 00:31:49,569
I says, jeez, I don't know, but I

1000
00:31:49,570 --> 00:31:50,570
wouldn't do anything if I were you.

1001
00:31:52,070 --> 00:31:53,929
And so we stood there, I stood

1002
00:31:53,930 --> 00:31:56,109
there. The moose stood there and we

1003
00:31:56,110 --> 00:31:57,149
stopped patting. We're looking at

1004
00:31:57,150 --> 00:31:58,209
this moose.

1005
00:31:58,210 --> 00:32:00,089
If the moose had just

1006
00:32:00,090 --> 00:32:02,009
four or five steps ahead, it could

1007
00:32:02,010 --> 00:32:03,349
have dumped us.

1008
00:32:04,370 --> 00:32:05,729
But it didn't.

1009
00:32:05,730 --> 00:32:07,089
It looked us over and said, I don't

1010
00:32:07,090 --> 00:32:09,429
think this is worth the energy.

1011
00:32:09,430 --> 00:32:11,349
I don't know what it thought.

1012
00:32:11,350 --> 00:32:13,309
Turned around, walked up on

1013
00:32:13,310 --> 00:32:15,369
shore and shook itself like a

1014
00:32:15,370 --> 00:32:17,569
dog. I mean, what a

1015
00:32:17,570 --> 00:32:18,949
experience that was.

1016
00:32:18,950 --> 00:32:19,950
Never forgotten that.

1017
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:23,080
Oh, gosh.

1018
00:32:30,190 --> 00:32:31,190
Can you hear them?

1019
00:32:39,659 --> 00:32:40,659
That's really nice.

1020
00:32:45,110 --> 00:32:46,629
So, that's about what I know for

1021
00:32:46,630 --> 00:32:47,630
today.

1022
00:32:48,900 --> 00:32:49,900
That's great.

1023
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:50,920
Thank you.

1024
00:34:55,820 --> 00:34:56,820
Thank you.

1025
00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:00,920
Thank you.

1026
00:36:49,510 --> 00:36:50,510
Thank you.

1027
00:37:01,830 --> 00:37:03,449
Anybody into our group.

1028
00:37:15,330 --> 00:37:18,609
Well, there must be some kind of

1029
00:37:18,610 --> 00:37:20,689
current, because the tides must

1030
00:37:20,690 --> 00:37:22,949
lead up up on top of the downdraft

1031
00:37:22,950 --> 00:37:24,989
or something like that, or roam it.

1032
00:37:24,990 --> 00:37:26,249
Because it just doesn't wait.

1033
00:37:26,250 --> 00:37:27,250
Thank you.

1034
00:38:18,370 --> 00:38:20,209
The anti-limping filter on

1035
00:38:20,210 --> 00:38:21,210
their engine.

1036
00:38:22,660 --> 00:38:23,559
It's going to cost you a little

1037
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:24,560
extra.

1038
00:38:25,090 --> 00:38:26,090
Put on my bill.

1039
00:38:56,009 --> 00:38:57,009
That's good.

1040
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:01,059
Watch that route on the way back.

1041
00:39:01,060 --> 00:39:02,539
What? Watch that root.

1042
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:05,920
Put on the anti-tripping filter.

1043
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:27,199
That's it, it's all you're going to

1044
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:27,389
get.

1045
00:39:27,390 --> 00:39:28,469
Careful here.

1046
00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:40,100
Oh,

1047
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:45,760
I'm going the right way.

1048
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:54,980
Why do you want the camera angle?

1049
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:57,679
You guys even?

1050
00:39:59,660 --> 00:40:00,980
Go backwards.

1051
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:12,480
No.

1052
00:41:13,740 --> 00:41:14,740
No.

1053
00:41:16,710 --> 00:41:17,889
You're not on the grid, are you?

1054
00:41:17,890 --> 00:41:19,389
I am. Oh man, I told you.

1055
00:42:07,740 --> 00:42:08,719
Daddy!

1056
00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:10,759
I don't have a lot of call for boats

1057
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:12,259
out where we are.

1058
00:42:12,260 --> 00:42:14,260
This is how you do it.

1059
00:42:17,270 --> 00:42:18,270
Oh yeah.

1060
00:42:25,470 --> 00:42:26,470
Google Tourism System.

1061
00:42:27,700 --> 00:42:28,579
I figured that wouldn't be

1062
00:42:28,580 --> 00:42:28,649
appropriate.

1063
00:42:28,650 --> 00:42:29,720
Daddy, no!

1064
00:42:32,069 --> 00:42:33,569
Yeah, here's a look.

1065
00:42:33,570 --> 00:42:34,570
Alright, you guys ready?

1066
00:42:35,809 --> 00:42:36,649
Yeah, yeah.

1067
00:42:36,650 --> 00:42:37,489
You braced? Yeah.

1068
00:42:37,490 --> 00:42:38,490
I am.

1069
00:46:31,070 --> 00:46:32,070
Y'all!

1070
00:46:32,670 --> 00:46:34,349
Why did you just do that?

1071
00:46:34,350 --> 00:46:35,350
Hold up.

1072
00:46:36,850 --> 00:46:37,850
Why did he do that.

1073
00:47:00,970 --> 00:47:01,970
Yes, sir!

1074
00:47:04,240 --> 00:47:05,240
That's a good one.

1075
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:10,440
The food's still out there.

1076
00:50:22,819 --> 00:50:25,619
Thanks for

1077
00:50:25,620 --> 00:50:26,620
watching!

1078
00:51:01,890 --> 00:51:03,449
I don't know.

1079
00:51:04,490 --> 00:51:05,490
It's water wet.

1080
00:51:09,510 --> 00:51:10,510
Burgers?

1081
00:51:14,570 --> 00:51:15,609
Oh, poor Jerry.

1082
00:51:15,610 --> 00:51:16,810
Leaving him all by himself.

1083
00:51:18,530 --> 00:51:19,570
Bring it up the rear.

1084
00:51:24,230 --> 00:51:25,470
Good, good.

1085
00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:29,349
Ty still sleeping?

1086
00:51:29,350 --> 00:51:31,189
Yeah! Yeah, that's what I went

1087
00:51:31,190 --> 00:51:33,109
to check, but Shawn is there too

1088
00:51:33,110 --> 00:51:34,270
sleeping, so I didn't want to.

1089
00:51:34,271 --> 00:51:35,600
Oh, okay, all right.

1090
00:51:35,601 --> 00:51:37,029
And, of course, it's dark.

1091
00:51:37,030 --> 00:51:39,239
There so he doesn't...

1092
00:51:39,240 --> 00:51:40,320
That's right, there's no windows.

1093
00:51:41,540 --> 00:51:42,029
See you next time.

1094
00:51:42,030 --> 00:51:43,449
Lumping my way.

1095
00:51:43,450 --> 00:51:45,409
Another successful adventure.

1096
00:51:45,410 --> 00:51:46,550
Lumping My Way.

1097
00:51:48,410 --> 00:51:49,369
Hey Mom.

1098
00:51:49,370 --> 00:51:51,269
Yes? That chicken is somewhat

1099
00:51:51,270 --> 00:51:52,709
frozen still.

1100
00:51:52,710 --> 00:51:54,249
Is it okay if I make the spaghetti

1101
00:51:54,250 --> 00:51:55,689
tonight? Or do you have your...

1102
00:51:55,690 --> 00:51:57,519
No, I have no idea.

1103
00:51:57,520 --> 00:51:58,840
In the honor of the future weapon.

1104
00:52:00,130 --> 00:52:02,109
This grandfather bought that

1105
00:52:02,110 --> 00:52:02,919
for us.

1106
00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:04,919
He will be happy to show you

1107
00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:05,859
how it works later.

1108
00:52:05,860 --> 00:52:06,860
No, I don't need to know.

1109
00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:10,139
That's good. Ho, ho.

1110
00:52:10,140 --> 00:52:11,039
That's water.

1111
00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:12,040
This is water.

1112
00:52:12,890 --> 00:52:13,890
Yip!

1113
00:52:18,930 --> 00:52:21,489
That's a weird job.

1114
00:52:21,490 --> 00:52:22,849
I like that one.

1115
00:52:22,850 --> 00:52:24,069
Not really.

1116
00:52:24,070 --> 00:52:25,070
Well, there's 70.

1117
00:52:26,029 --> 00:52:26,849
Where's she going?

1118
00:52:26,850 --> 00:52:28,749
Did you go get your baby?

1119
00:52:28,750 --> 00:52:29,629
Get your little boy? He's supposed to

1120
00:52:29,630 --> 00:52:31,169
be awake by now.

1121
00:52:31,170 --> 00:52:32,769
He should be. It's almost four

1122
00:52:32,770 --> 00:52:33,770
o'clock.

1123
00:52:34,020 --> 00:52:35,539
It's gonna stay up all night.

1124
00:52:37,070 --> 00:52:38,669
He was up at quarter to six this

1125
00:52:38,670 --> 00:52:40,049
morning and I was coming out of the

1126
00:52:40,050 --> 00:52:41,869
bathroom and he

1127
00:52:41,870 --> 00:52:44,009
had a look on his face like who is

1128
00:52:44,010 --> 00:52:45,010
this office guy?

1129
00:57:13,180 --> 00:57:14,180
Make it swing, Nick.

1130
00:57:31,090 --> 00:57:32,090
Swing!

1131
00:58:24,580 --> 00:58:26,599
We're going to carry that.

1132
00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:27,600
Are you OK?

1133
00:58:28,820 --> 00:58:30,959
OK. We've got this marker.

1134
00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:32,839
We're up a mile ago.

1135
00:58:32,840 --> 00:58:34,239
And we're going over the program.

1136
01:14:06,591 --> 01:14:09,510
I feel the man, like,

1137
01:14:10,871 --> 01:14:12,790
uh, didn't realize it was about to

1138
01:14:12,791 --> 01:14:13,791
move.

1139
01:14:14,771 --> 01:14:16,610
First, I mean, it's a

1140
01:14:16,611 --> 01:14:19,070
lot of water that comes out,

1141
01:14:19,071 --> 01:14:21,170
lands in the deck.

1142
01:14:21,171 --> 01:14:22,171
Oh!

1143
01:17:02,691 --> 01:17:03,770
I just don't know if those clouds

1144
01:17:03,771 --> 01:17:05,390
are moving right now.

1145
01:17:05,391 --> 01:17:06,450
No, but if I spread it out.

1146
01:17:06,451 --> 01:17:08,270
No, I get that, but I mean, even if

1147
01:17:08,271 --> 01:17:09,281
you speed them up, oh.

1148
01:17:10,631 --> 01:17:11,651
It looks like it.

1149
01:17:31,791 --> 01:17:33,570
How are you?

1150
01:17:33,571 --> 01:17:35,150
I would go that way.

1151
01:17:35,151 --> 01:17:36,151
Don't cross the road.

1152
01:17:57,041 --> 01:17:58,040
Yeah, I don't know if that's going

1153
01:17:58,041 --> 01:17:59,041
to work for this.

1154
01:17:59,841 --> 01:18:01,501
It's just kind of gray back there.

1155
01:18:17,971 --> 01:18:19,950
This is not my first rodeo.

1156
01:18:19,951 --> 01:18:20,830
No, you don't get it.

1157
01:18:20,831 --> 01:18:21,831
I believe you.

1158
01:18:27,461 --> 01:18:29,320
Hope they didn't say that in there.

1159
01:18:49,841 --> 01:18:51,280
We're going to have a really good

1160
01:18:51,281 --> 01:18:52,460
time.

1161
01:18:52,461 --> 01:18:53,461
I know.

1162
01:18:54,181 --> 01:18:55,181
Okay.

1163
01:18:55,941 --> 01:18:57,580
Well let me just get a couple other

1164
01:18:57,581 --> 01:18:58,581
things then. Okay.